…wealth, Marley Marl remembers, “I was still living in the projects. I was paying like $110 a month for my rent, free electricity. So New York City Housing Authority kind…
LL Cool J‘s debut album. Release date: November 18, 1985. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rWFDZ5f5DA Radio serves as Def Jam Recordings’ first full-length album release. Recording sessions for the album took place during 1984…
Third Root is a trio that consists of Charles Peters (Easy Lee), Marco Cervantes (Mexican StepGrandfather), and DJ Chicken George (DJCG). Peters is an accomplished poet/author/MC & educator, Cervantes is…
…The Alchemist, Swizz Beatz, Statik Selektah, No I.D., and Hit-Boy. Download or stream The Lost Tapes 2 here: https://open.spotify.com/album/4tRNl7PwUzXrxTP3YZjWgS Tracklist: 1. No Bad Energy (PROD. BY SWIZZ BEATZ) 2. Vernon…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvPdwoppGw4 Watch Boiler Room’s footage of Philly legend DJ Jazzy Jeff doing a 2-hour set to inaugurate Boiler Room’s debut in Philadelphia during their “What’s Brewing” series with Budweiser. The…
…vibe as they move freely through genres and sounds, like on standout cuts “Madman,” “Black,” and “All Over the World (feat MED).” Those are all highlights for Declaime, too, and…
…Key”, “Walking With Lions”, “38 Minutes”, and “Belushi & Aykroyd” This is an excellent blend of traditional and avant-garde Hip Hop – hopefully Walking With Lions is not a one-off,…
…well as Twisted Insane’s label Brainsick Muzik. Rhodes is C. Ray’s first full-length project of the 2020s, one that deserves attention. There’s nothing wrong with C. Ray’s instrumentals, but it’s…
…a great project well-suited for the surreal times we are currently living in. Release date: February 4, 2021. Download LORE Also read: The Best Hip Hop Albums Of 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtDG0fHxA2I…
…into one record resulting in an entirely cohesive package: this is an album unlike any other. “Introvert”, “Woman”, “Little Q, Pt 2”, “Two Worlds Apart”, “Speed”, “Standing Ovation”, “I See…
…linked in 2012 and who released 2 EPs (“The Calm Before Hastility” and “A Good Combination” both in 2015) and 1 LP (“Hastility [H1]” in 2016). All of these are…
…absolute classics, First Come First Served (1999), The Original SoundTrack Album of Project Polaroid (2006, with TomC3 as Project Polaroid) (2006), Sex Style: The Un-Released Archives (2007) and the vastly…